JACOPO MAZZETTI

3D scan was produced with thanks to the generous support of Giacometti Foundation, Paris and MNHN Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris

Meteorite, 2012
90 x 35 x 20 cm
marble / onyx

For Meteorite [provisional title], the N'goureyma meteorite, housed at the Museum of Natural History in Paris, is digitally scanned and sculpted on a 1:1 scale into a block of white onyx.

In this work the air emerges as both sculptor and alchemist: its elastic limit carved the meteorite’s form, while its absence, over eons, compressed the stone’s strata. This fusion transforms the work into a tactile mythos where the celestial and terrestrial converge. The sculpture’s intangible nature etches permanence, and refers to humanity’s grasp for the sublime.

Ideally, Meteorite would find its setting and image documentation within an existing meteorite crater or displayed as a mythological or religious natural reliquary.

3D scan was produced with thanks to the generous support of Giacometti Foundation, Paris and MNHN Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris

Meteorite, 2012
90 x 35 x 20 cm
marble / onyx

For Meteorite [provisional title], the N'goureyma meteorite, housed at the Museum of Natural History in Paris, is digitally scanned and sculpted on a 1:1 scale into a block of white onyx.

Ideally, Meteorite would find its setting and image documentation within an existing meteorite crater or displayed as a mythological or religious natural reliquary.